Where to Buy Selkies + The Marie Kilburn Review, Finally!

This post is a little late in arriving to the blog.  I made the unboxing and review video for it weeks ago but with the holidays and the lousy weather, I haven't had the chance to take photos.  I've finally given up on going outdoors and decided to just snap a few pics indoors today.  I'll get pretty pics in the flowers in a few months when Spring returns, but in the meantime, I've been working on making my home look a little nicer.  Sometimes we get so busy with other things that our home falls by the wayside.  I decided it was time to remedy that and decorate my home a little.

A few months ago I saved up and bought some new furniture, (Yes, I bought something other than pretty dresses with my savings) because it was needful and it just never seemed to be in the annual budget for household expenses.  I picked up this vintage French rococo style headboard for a song and when I mentioned that I was surprised that it was so cheap the fella that delivered it stated, " Yeah, my wife bought this...(long pause and faraway stare at the bed) I'm just glad to be rid of it."  That little comment seemed odd....until I got it home.

It didn't look that big in the photos or even in the back of our truck, but putting it in my bedroom I soon realized what the man meant.  This headboard is Enormous, yes, capital E! So much so that it now blocks the night stands and I've just given up on ever getting my clothes out of there again; who needs socks anyway.  Ok, that's the story behind the headboard.  Moving on to the dress!

By the time I finally decided which Marie dress I wanted from Selkie's Petit Trianon collection a few months ago, both styles had sold out in my size already.  Someone returned the Belle Etoile in my size and I snatched it up from Selkie, but no such luck with the Kilburn, so the search began.  Through the Selkie forums, I found a shop called IvorySheep and they had my size available in the Wildflower print, so I ordered, but I was wary because it's a new shop I'd never heard of.  After several weeks my order still hadn't shipped and I was feeling some major anxiety, so I contacted customer service.  This was on Saturday and because it was the weekend I did not expect to hear back for a few days.  To my surprise, the owner herself responded within minutes!

Mackenzie is the owner's name and she is such a doll!  She asked for my event date and said that she would try to have the dress in time but if it looked like it wasn't going to reach me, she would express ship it for free.  Wow!  A few more weeks passed and the date was coming up.  I reached out again, just to follow up.  Mackenzie told me the dress still hadn't arrived to her yet, so she reached out to Selkie for me and asked them to ship it directly to me, which they did.  Kindness and customer service like this doesn't exist in most shops anymore.  So, I am now a loyal customer at IvorySheep, which is based in Canada in case you're in-country and don't want the duty fees.

During my search, I also had the pleasure of meeting Amandine from Boho Chic Clothing which is based in France.  Amandine, in addition to having a lovely name, is quite simply a lovely person.  She is very helpful and accommodating, plus Boho Chic gives you 10% off all Selkies!  A word of caution though, my bank pitched a hissy fit over the purchase being in France and declined the transaction.  I tried my mother's card to see if that would work and her bank also declined the transaction.  We both called our banks and cleared things up, but in the future I'll call the bank first or just use PayPal when buying from Boho Chic.  

One of the great things about buying from these shops is that they tend to have styles available even after they've sold out on Selkie and they do thorough quality control.  Boho Chic takes their own photos in the dresses which can be a little better than Selkie's because they show so many angles, plus they'll give you sizing advice.  Really, I can't say enough good things about both of these shops.

In the normal course of my week, I meet a lot of new people, but the fact that I have now met two such wonderful people who love pretty dresses as much as I do is very rare indeed!  If you're looking for more shops that carry Selkie and a full review of the Marie Dress in Kilburn Wildflowers, check out my video below.

Shopping Info: Marie Dress in Kilburn Wildflowers from Boho-Chic

Marie Dress in Kilburn Wildflowers from Ivory Sheep